C.C. BAUM
He was christened Christopher Columbus and he was the first and only man in the Seventh Coast Guard District to discover an appointment in Uncle Sam’s Dry Navy. Young Baum won out over a number of applicants in a competitive examination last fall, and is now officer in charge of Patrol Boat C.G. 185 with headquarters in Norfolk. Captain Baum is a native of Kitty Hawk, where he enlisted in the Coast Guard in 1917, serving four years in the local station, and later served in a number of stations all over the coast, applying himself to his books at night to supplement his limited education and rose rapidly in the service. Capt. Baum is well-known in Elizabeth City, having been attached to headquarters here for several months last year.
From the front page of The Independent, Elizabeth City, N.C., Friday, May 1, 1925
To see a photo of Capt. Baum, go to: newspapers.digitalnc.org/lccn/sn83025812/1925-05-01/ed-1/seq-1/#words=MAY+1%2C+1925
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